It compounded a poor week for the ex-Manchester United star, which has seen PostigaÃ¢ÂÂs attitude to training compared favourably to RonaldoÃ¢ÂÂs, RonaldoÃ¢ÂÂs long-held inter-squad Jenga record bested by Postiga, and a succession of supermodels walk straight past Ronaldo to compliment the former Tottenham forward on his appealingly sensible haircut during a team night out in Lviv.

To make matters worse for Ronaldo, Nicklas Bendtner, his longtime rival for the title of Ã¢ÂÂworldÃ¢ÂÂs best playerÃ¢ÂÂ, scored twice for Denmark in a masterful performance, finally proving his long-questioned deadliness from one yard.

Ã¢ÂÂCristiano was fuming,Ã¢ÂÂ the anonymous source added. Ã¢ÂÂHis late lunge on Daniel Agger was a desperate attempt to finally come first in something, in this case the gameÃ¢ÂÂs most detestable player award.Ã¢ÂÂ

Ã¢ÂÂBut tragically for him, Pepe was on the field too. And Pepe is basically footballÃ¢ÂÂs Pol Pot.Ã¢ÂÂ

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